Central expected to be contender again

8:32 PM,
Aug. 18, 2013

Marcel Malone, Central High School football for preview. August 15th, 2013

Written by

Bob White
| Special to The Courier-Journal

If quarterback Sydney Tedford and wide receiver Marcel Malone can pick up where they left off at the end of last season, Central High's football team should be in contention to win its sixth state Class 3-A championship in seven years.

It was Tedford's 15-yard touchdown pass to Malone that gave the Yellowjackets a 12-6 overtime victory over Belfry in the 3-A playoff final last December at Western Kentucky University's Houchens-L.T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green.

"That was a big confidence booster," Tedford said. "Before the playoffs started, I didn't think I'd get to play at all." ...